Crimean Autonomous S.S.R.
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The Crimean Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic was a historical state within the Soviet Union, located on the Crimean Peninsula. This peninsula, now part of Ukraine, lies between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov.1
Historically, Crimea was settled by Greek colonists and later came under various kingdoms before being annexed by Russia in 1783. Under Soviet rule, it became the Crimean Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. However, after World War II, the republic was abolished, and the Crimean Tatar population was exiled. Many Tatars returned in the late 1980s and early 1990s as the Soviet Union dissolved.1
In March 2014, Russian troops occupied Crimea, and following a referendum, the region voted to secede from Ukraine and join the Russian Federation. This annexation was widely condemned internationally.12
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CrimeaCrimea in the Soviet Union and independent Ukraine…peninsula was reorganized as the Crimean Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic in 1921. The Soviet collectivization process was especially harsh in Crimea, and tens of thousands of Crimean Tatars perished during Joseph Stalin’s suppression of the ethnic minorities. In May 1944 the remaining Crimean Tatars—some 200,000 people—were forcibly deported to Siberia…
Read More…peninsula was reorganized as the Crimean Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic in 1921. The Soviet collectivization process was especially harsh in Crimea, and tens of thousands of Crimean Tatars perished during Joseph Stalin’s suppression of the ethnic minorities. In May 1944 the remaining Crimean Tatars—some 200,000 people—were forcibly deported to Siberia…
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Crimean Peninsula…rule the peninsula became the Crimean Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. At the end of World War II, however, the Soviets abolished the republic, and the Tatar population was exiled to central Asia and Siberia. Although legally rehabilitated in 1967, they were not allowed to return to Crimea. In the late…
Read More…rule the peninsula became the Crimean Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. At the end of World War II, however, the Soviets abolished the republic, and the Tatar population was exiled to central Asia and Siberia. Although legally rehabilitated in 1967, they were not allowed to return to Crimea. In the late…
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